GOWER, Arthur
| Service Number: | 89 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tighes Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 25 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tighes Hill Public School, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bread Carter |
| Died: | Wounds , 4th London General Hospital, Denmark Hill, England, 28 June 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot XI, Row E, Grave No. 13 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 89, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 89, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 89, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 1 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Jun 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 89, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 89 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-06-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 28th June 1917, Sergeant Arthur Gower, 35th Battalion (Reg No-89), bread carter from 10 Watson Street, Islington, New South Wales, Died of Wounds at the 4th London General Hospital, Denmark Hill, England, Battle of Messines, age 25 years 5 months.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Tighes Hill, New South Wales on the 25th January 1892 to David (died 12.2.1933, Newcastle Hospital, N.S.W., age 67, from 6 Nile Street, Mayfield, N.S.W.) and Louisa Gower nee Jarman (died 21.3.1946, Stockton, N.S.W., age 80, mother of 6), from 5 Fleming Street, Islington, New South Wales and 3 and 5 and 16 Coal Street, Islington, N.S.W. and 6 Nile Street, Mayfield, N.S.W., Arthur enlisted on the 4th January 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Admitted to hospital 3.3.1917 (influenza).
Wounded in action - 7.6.1917 (multiple GSW left arm, legs, left elbow, hand, back, Battle of Messines).
Invalided to England 10.6.1917 (fractured spine & ulna).
Mr. Gower is resting at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom. Plot XI Row E Grave 13.
Place of Association – Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Arthur’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham (Hawkins Oval) Soldiers' Memorial, Tighes Hill Methodist Church Roll of Honour and the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1). Name has been misspelt on the Tighes Hill Public School Honor Roll as A. DOWER.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription at the Gower gravesite to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of Arthur’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 2-121. 73.
Younger brother Herbert James, born 13.10.1894, Hill End, N.S.W., painter from 5 Fleming Street, Islington, New South Wales, enlisted 15.9.1915, 31st Battalion, Reg No-2328, RTA Lance Corporal, 22.7.1919, died 23.8.1978, Mayfield, N.S.W., age 83, officially commemorated, Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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